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Nov 13, 2026 · 40:16
Day 60 | Rosh Hashanah What happens when the court’s ruling and the moon seem to tell different stories? Ayelet Hoffmann Libson explores why the rabbis gave judges the final word…
Nov 12, 2026 · 10:06
Day 59: Rosh Hashanah From a dispute over Yom Kippur to calendars drawn up in concentration camps, Jews keep finding ways to mark the months together. Put Your Name on a Day of…
Nov 11, 2026 · 10:43
Day 58 | Rosh Hashanah When the future presses down on the present, the Jewish calendar offers us a home in time. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a…
Nov 10, 2026 · 12:32
Day 57 | Rosh Hashanah Some days we feel full. Other days we see only a sliver of ourselves. Jewish time makes room for both. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day,…
Nov 9, 2026 · 10:22
Day 56 | Rosh Hashanah Twelve lunar months leave us about eleven days short of a solar year. What do we do with those eleven days? Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a…
Nov 6, 2026 · 38:52
Day 55 | Beitzah Nearly thirty years after ninth grade, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin reunites with the rebbe whose voice he still hears when he learns Talmud. Put Your Name on a Day of…
Nov 5, 2026 · 13:33
Day 54 | Beitzah Jews in the diaspora once kept two days of Yom Tov because word of the new moon could take weeks to reach them. Why do we still keep both? Put Your Name on a Day…
Nov 4, 2026 · 9:47
Day 53 | Beitzah Why can we cook on Yom Tov but not on Shabbos? The answer lies in the future each holy day invites us to taste. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a…
Nov 3, 2026 · 9:13
Day 52 | Beitzah Making room for God and making room for others begin at the same Yom Tov table. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give…
Nov 2, 2026 · 12:44
Day 51 | Beitzah Fresh food, a phone set aside, and the possibility of discovering something new about ourselves. Tractate Beitzah explores how we make room for a holy day. Put…
Oct 30, 2026 · 32:25
Day 50: Sukkah Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel explores how the sukkah teaches us to hold grief and blessing in the same hands, and find joy within life’s uncertainty. Editor’s Note:…
Oct 29, 2026 · 10:58
Day 49 | Sukkah Mashiach ben Yosef builds the infrastructure of redemption. Mashiach ben David restores its soul. The Jewish future needs both. Put Your Name on a Day of…
Oct 28, 2026 · 9:28
Day 48 | Sukkah From the Shabbos table to the Torah we teach, Jewish life deserves our creativity and care. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate,…
Oct 27, 2026 · 13:41
Day 47 | Sukkah From Avraham’s 318 servants to the boards in our garage, a lesson in living beyond despair. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate,…
Oct 26, 2026 · 11:37
Day 46 | Sukkah Why do we leave our homes for a sukkah five days after Yom Kippur? What, exactly, are we celebrating? Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a…
Oct 23, 2026 · 1:08:04
Day 45 | Yoma What do two goats, five immersions, and a cloud of incense reveal about the human condition? Rabbi Yaakov Glasser is the Managing Director of Communal Engagement at…
Oct 22, 2026 · 16:34
Day 44 | Yoma One person enters the Holy of Holies. An entire people’s tears enter with him. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any…
Oct 21, 2026 · 12:08
Day 43 | Yoma Teshuva asks us to take responsibility and imagine a different future. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount.…
Oct 20, 2026 · 14:37
Day 42 | Yoma Today's learning is sponsored by Eli Cem Cohen in honor of student Rabbi Leon Okan Avraham, on his birthday. Why does Yom Kippur’s service need both the offering…
Oct 19, 2026 · 14:08
Day 41 | Yoma This episode is sponsored by Deborah Spector, Oak Park, Illinois. A broken covenant and a bereaved father stand behind Yom Kippur’s most sacred encounter. Put Your…
Oct 16, 2026 · 1:00:49
Day 40 | Shekalim What held the Jewish people together when so many lived far from the Land of Israel? Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich is the Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish Publication…
Oct 15, 2026 · 10:38
Day 39 | Shekalim How did a small charity box become a technology of Jewish peoplehood? Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount.…
Oct 14, 2026 · 5:58
Day 38 | Shekalim Why does the Torah insist that rich and poor give the exact same amount? Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any…
Oct 13, 2026 · 9:23
Day 37 | Shekalim Tractate Shekalim asks what it means to bind ourselves to something larger than ourselves. Today's learning is sponsored by Roger in Seattle in memory of his…
Oct 12, 2026 · 9:58
Day 36 | Shekalim The Talmud Bavli never had a tractate Shekalim. So how did it end up in ours? Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any…
Oct 9, 2026 · 33:54
Day 35 | Pesachim From the Korban Pesach to removing chametz, Pesach turns ordinary domestic space into sacred space. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a…
Oct 8, 2026 · 13:52
Day 34 | Pesachim From the Korban Pesach to Maggid, the Seder shows how Jewish memory adapts without losing its past. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a…
Oct 7, 2026 · 8:52
Day 33 | Pesachim To know who we are, we need to know the generations that came before us. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any…
Oct 6, 2026 · 11:48
Day 32 | Pesachim Why does God answer Avraham’s question about Jewish continuity with a promise of slavery? Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate,…
Oct 5, 2026 · 10:05
Day 31 | Pesachim The Korban Pesach transformed a collection of families into the Jewish people. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give…
Oct 2, 2026 · 32:54
Day 30 | Eruvin The laws of eruvin can feel out of reach. Rabbi Micha Shotkin builds them into the streets where we live. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day,…
Oct 1, 2026 · 12:08
Day 29 | Eruvin The laws of Eruvin often lead to sharp and harsh disagreements within communities. But maybe that is the point. This episode is sponsored by Daniel and Jamie…
Sep 30, 2026 · 10:04
Day 28 | Moed Eruvin teaches us to notice our boundaries and invite others inside. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount.…
Sep 29, 2026 · 11:34
Day 27 | Eruvin The Talmud teaches us how competing perspectives can become part of the same sacred conversation. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a…
Sep 28, 2026 · 16:59
Day 26 | Eruvin Jewish community is built not by putting up walls, but by creating doorways. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any…
Sep 25, 2026 · 31:00
Day 25 | Shabbos What electricity, cholent, and the Israeli army teach us about applying ancient laws to modern life. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a…
Sep 24, 2026 · 13:24
Day 24 | Shabbos What happens when Jewish practice can no longer simply be passed down? Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount.…
Sep 23, 2026 · 12:00
Day 23 | Shabbos Community, preparation, and acceptance transform Shabbos from a set of restrictions into a way of life. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day,…
Sep 22, 2026 · 9:15
Day 22 | Shabbos Shabbos teaches us that holiness is found not by escaping ordinary life, but by transforming it. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a…
Sep 20, 2026 · 14:13
Day 21 | Shabbos How the Talmud transforms 39 categories of prohibited work into a shared experience of sacred time. Scheduling Note: In observance of Yom Kippur, Talmud Daily…
Sep 18, 2026 · 42:23
Day 20 | Brachos Jewish time is about more than clocks and calendars. Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz explains how halacha gives purpose to our days—and how Talmud connects us across…
Sep 17, 2026 · 12:29
Day 19 | Brachos Jewish prayer developed over centuries. But its central challenge remains the same: finding words for God when God seems absent. This week's learning is…
Sep 16, 2026 · 9:32
Day 18 | Brachos Jewish blessings train us to move beyond general gratitude and recognize the particular gifts before us. This week's learning is sponsored by anonymous. T oday's…
Sep 15, 2026 · 11:10
Day 17 | Brachos Life can feel like a dream whose meaning is difficult to decipher. Berakhot offers an interpretation one blessing at a time. This week's learning is sponsored by…
Sep 14, 2026 · 10:44
Day 16 | Brachos While the Talmud begins without a preface, its opening question may tell us everything we need to know about its larger project. This week's learning is…
Sep 11, 2026 · 40:51
Day 15 | Foundations How did generations of oral debate become Judaism’s foundational text? Ari Bergmann tells the story of how the Talmud became the Talmud. Put Your Name on a…
Sep 10, 2026 · 13:02
Day 14 | Foundations The Rambam tried to distill the Talmud into one organized system. But instead of ending the conversation, he created an entirely new chapter of Torah study.…
Sep 9, 2026 · 12:20
Day 13 | Foundations Choosing the right edition can make the Talmud far more accessible. But the real breakthrough comes when its unfamiliar words stop looking like obstacles and…
Sep 8, 2026 · 10:59
Today's learning is sponsored by The Canter Family in memory of M. Kenneth Canter - Moshe Koppel Ben Yehoshua v’ Sarah Dinah. Day 12 | Foundations What are we actually doing when…
Sep 7, 2026 · 13:36
Day 11 | Foundations The structure of the Talmud teaches us not only to organize Torah, but to sanctify time. Today’s learning is sponsored by Joyce & Eric Austein & family for a…
Sep 4, 2026 · 43:50
Day 10 | Foundations In this episode of Talmud Daily: Voices , Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin speaks with Michelle Margolis, the Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies at…
Sep 3, 2026 · 8:37
Day 9 | Foundations One explains the Talmud line by line. The other connects its most distant conversations. Together, Rashi and Tosfot taught generations how to learn Gemara.…
Sep 2, 2026 · 14:11
Day 8 | Foundations From the Mishnah to Rashi to Rabbi Akiva Eiger, every page of Talmud brings generations of Jewish learning into a single conversation. Today's learning is…
Sep 1, 2026 · 9:52
Day 7 | Foundations Some parts of life are written for us. Others are ours to interpret. Today's learning is sponsored by Yael Laifer in memory of Raizel Devora bat Menachem…
Aug 31, 2026 · 6:20
Day 6 | Foundations The Torah has always been more than a written text. Jewish tradition lives in the relationship between the words we read and the Oral Torah that teaches us…
Aug 28, 2026 · 39:58
Day 5 | Foundations Liel Leibovitz reflects on falling in love with the Talmud precisely because it is so difficult—and on how its questions, frustrations, and intricate details…
Aug 27, 2026 · 9:40
Day 4 | Foundations For centuries, enemies of the Jewish people have targeted the Talmud because it represents far more than a book—it is the foundation of a distinctly Jewish…
Aug 26, 2026 · 11:15
Day 3 | Foundations Every morning, we pray that Torah should be sweet. But sweetness alone is not enough. This week’s learning is sponsored by Richard and Sheryl Weisberg in…
Aug 25, 2026 · 9:03
Day 2 | Foundations When Moshe shattered the first tablets, he set the stage for a new kind of Torah. One built through interpretation, argument, and our participation. This…
Aug 24, 2026 · 9:20
Day 1 | Foundations The Talmud begins long before its first page, with an eternal conversation passed from generation to generation. This week’s learning is sponsored by Richard…
Aug 21, 2026 · 1:46
Forty weeks. Ten minute episodes Monday through Thursday — plus a longer Friday interview if you want to go deeper. No Hebrew required. A daily learning program for the rest of…
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